CLAUDIA Conway’s supporters have urged Twitter users to report her case to a child abuse hotline after she initially accused her mother Kellyanne of posting a nude photo of her online. The former Trump aide’s 16-year-old daughter has since rowed back from her allegations and begged followers not to contact […]
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I’m a Butterball turkey hotline expert who’s been answering wild, funny, and panicked calls from home chefs for 18 years. This year people need us more than ever.
Phyllis Kramer in the Butterball Test Kitchen in 2013. Butterball Turkey Phyllis Kramer is a Butterball Turkey Talk-Line expert based in Aurora, Illinois. She’s been working for the Talk-Line during the holidays for 18 years, answering customer questions about how to choose, thaw, prepare, and cook their turkeys. Over the […]
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A crisis hotline for transgender people, by transgender people
Oriana, a volunteer with the peer-support network Trans Lifeline, at home in Boston in July. The phone shows the total calls answered by the nonprofit to date. (Christina House / Los Angeles Times) Oriana went through the usual motions of preparing for a two-hour shift on the hotline. They filled […]